Becoming (Hetero) Sexual? The Hetero-Spectacle of Idollators and their Real Dolls

Burr-Miller, Allison; Aoki, Eric

doi:10.1007/s12119-013-9187-0

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“…The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) documentary Guys and Dolls (2007) portrays 4 men ( Davecat , Everard , Gordon , and Mike ) living with their female sex dolls. As media analysis reveals [ 38 ], the documentary explains the doll owners’ unusual lifestyle as a result of their heteronormative shortcomings . The heterosexual men were not able to create relationships with real women and hence settled with dolls.…”

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Design, Use, and Effects of Sex Dolls and Sex Robots: Scoping Review

Döring¹,

Mohseni²,

Walter³

2020

J Med Internet Res

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Background Although sex toys representing human body parts are widely accepted and normalized, human-like full-body sex dolls and sex robots have elicited highly controversial debates. Objective This systematic scoping review of the academic literature on sex dolls and sex robots, the first of its kind, aimed to examine the extent and type of existing academic knowledge and to identify research gaps against this backdrop. Methods A comprehensive multidisciplinary, multidatabase search strategy was used. All steps of literature search and selection, data charting, and synthesis followed the leading methodological guideline, the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses extension for Scoping Reviews checklist. A total of 29 (17 peer reviewed) and 98 publications (32 peer reviewed) for sex dolls and sex robots, respectively, from 1993 to 2019 were included. Results According to the topics and methodologies, the sex doll and sex robot publications were divided into 5 and 6 groups, respectively. The majority of publications were theoretical papers. Thus far, no observational or experimental research exists that uses actual sex dolls or sex robots as stimulus material. Conclusions There is a need to improve the theoretical elaboration and the scope and depth of empirical research examining the sexual uses of human-like full-body material artifacts, particularly concerning not only risks but also opportunities for sexual and social well-being.

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“…In the context of doll care, a variety of feminine connotated sensual activities are legitimized and carried out (eg, washing, drying, powdering, dressing, and putting make-up on the doll). Thus, the documentary unintentionally illustrates that the doll owner identity can also be read as a queer sexual identity [ 38 ].…”

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Design, Use, and Effects of Sex Dolls and Sex Robots: Scoping Review

Döring¹,

Mohseni²,

Walter³

2020

J Med Internet Res

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“…A sexbot is a social robot [24,54] that can interact with humans through vision (through cameras), voice (through microphones and speakers), touch (through capacitive sensors or contact microphones), cognition, and emotion (through cognitive modeling and behavioral responses, perceiving, and expressing emotions) [54].…”

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“…Based on our systematic review, the affective aspect can be essential. For instance, in the movie Guys and Dolls [24], we find a protagonist in love and married to his robot. Other mechanisms are put in place in the relationships between humans and sex robots apart from sexual ones, as shown in the documentary, such as relationships of control.…”

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Human–Robot Interaction and Sexbots: A Systematic Literature Review

González-González

Gil

Paderewski

2020

Sensors

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At present, sexual robots have become a new paradigm of social robots. In this paper, we developed a systematic literature review about sexual robots (sexbots). To do this, we used the Scopus and WoS databases to answer different research questions regarding the design, interaction, and gender and ethical approaches from 1980 until 2020. In our review, we found a male bias in this discipline, and in recent years, articles have shown that user opinion has become more relevant. Some insights and recommendations on gender and ethics in designing sexual robots were also made.

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“…Three essays interrogate the role specific texts have in constructing sexual identity for a particular group of people. Burr-Miller and Aoki (2013) explore the documentary Guys and Dolls, a text chronicling the lives of men with ''Real Dolls''-life-sized, anatomically correct female dolls with whom they develop significant (sometimes sexual) relationships. The authors argue the men in the documentary are ''be-coming out,'' utilizing narrative storytelling as a way to articulate sexual identity that seems non-normative.…”

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